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Why do I feel Depressed & Lonely? | Agha Alireza Panahian
Feeling lonely is a prevalent phenomenon in today\'s time and age. Why do some of...

Why do I feel Depressed & Lonely? | Agha Alireza Panahian
Feeling lonely is a prevalent phenomenon in today\'s time and age. Why do some of us feel lonely? What are the symptoms of this feeling? Is there a solution to it? How can I stop feeling that no one loves me? Agha Alireza Panahian explains.

Grasping Time | Agha Alireza Panahian
Agha Panahian waking us up with the bitter facts of life. He uses the common logic and the narrations...

Grasping Time | Agha Alireza Panahian
Agha Panahian waking us up with the bitter facts of life. He uses the common logic and the narrations from the infallibles to make us realize that the time is passing by...!
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Planning VS Desiring | Agha Alireza Panahian
Many a times, we become a prey of this confusing phenomenon. Are we supposed to plan or leave...

Planning VS Desiring | Agha Alireza Panahian
Many a times, we become a prey of this confusing phenomenon. Are we supposed to plan or leave everything to Allah? Is it OK to desire for something and then strive to acquire it? How can we then differentiate what love-of-the-world is? Where does the line draw. What\'s the difference between planning versus desiring? This short clip by Agha Panahian will answer many such confusions.

Do you have problems Donât come to Arbaeen!
Agha AliReza Panahian
We should pay attention to what God is expecting in these calm and quiet...

Do you have problems Donât come to Arbaeen!
Agha AliReza Panahian
We should pay attention to what God is expecting in these calm and quiet tests. Some of the tests are with a great commotion, and they clarify our duty. Some of the tests are very quiet. A person may be deceived and suddenly lose opportunities.
In many cases, the tests for reaching to the highest degrees of closeness to God, are very delicate and quiet. The people of Kufa said, âWhat should we do now? What will happen? We canât leave Imam Husayn (âa) alone. We invited him ourselves. Letâs wait until he comes.â Then they realized that Imam Husayn (âa) wonât come. Hurr and his troops had stopped them. And Ubaydullah was preparing an army.
They were thinking about what to do. People like Sulayman bin Surad were thinking. Then suddenly what happened? They brought the pure heads into the city. They blamed themselves, âWe didnât know such a tragedy would come about!â
Thousands of people formed the Tawwabin (repenters) uprising. All of them knew that they were going to be killed, and they were killed. There was no use for what they did in history, and they didnât gain the advantage of being in Karbala or Ashura either.
What? You expected Imam Husayn (âa) to pass through Hurrâs blockade himself, come into the city of Kufa, nock on your doors one by one, and say, âCome help me. They want to cut my head off. If you donât come, this and that will happen.â What explanation did you expect from Imam Husayn (âa) for you to come?
Believe me, Arbaeen is one of the quiet tests. Some of the tests are very quiet. A person may be deceived and suddenly lose opportunities. Believe me, Arbaeen is one of the quiet tests. Arbaeen seems noisy, but itâs also quiet, because one might think, âIs it obligatory for me to struggle for Arbaeen?â I donât know. What should I say? During these analyses, some lose this great opportunity. During these analyses, some lost the opportunity of helping Husayn (âa).
But, there was one person sitting in Imam Husaynâs (\'a) meeting on the night before Ashura. People informed him, âThe cursed Ubaydullah has arrested your son.â Being arrested at that time meant being executed. They had to rescue him somehow. Imam Husayn (âa) looked at the father and said, âGo save your son. I donât want you to be here when you have this problem.â
The Imam gave him some money and supplies and said, âUse these to gain your son\'s freedom.â If you have problems, donât come to Arbaeen. If you were in Imam Husaynâs (\'a) tent on the night of Ashura, he would have said, âGo fix your problems.â Even if you were there on the night of Ashura!
What did that father do? He looked at AliAkbar, the Imamâs son, and at the Imam (âa). He said, âYour young son is going to be martyred here tomorrow. Now I should go after my own son? May my son be sacrificed for your son!â He started pleading, âDonât drive me out of your tent because of this. I donât want to go after my problems. I want to be for you!â He pleaded so much that the Imam (âa) said, âFine, stay.â
The tests are not always noisy or clear in clarifying our duties! Some opportunities come and go quickly like lightning. Some opportunities donât shake you and say, âWake up. Get up. Move!â They donât seize you by the collar. A person asks, âI have some jobs to do. There is Arbaeen too. I donât know if I should leave my work, or not.â
I say, âI donât know. What should I say?!â I tell them I donât know. If it was Imam Husayn (âa), he would say, âGo, for sure. Go do your work my dear.â How much did you want to spend for Arbaeen? And you say youâre waiting for your Imam (âa.j.) to reappear for you to rescue the world with him?! You didnât spend that much for the dignity of Aba Abdillah al-Husaynâs (âs) gathering in Karbala in the Arbaeen meeting place. You are waiting for the Imam (âa.j.) to come for you to give your life? We consider Arbaeen to be a quiet test.

Our Enemies are Fools | Agha Alireza Panahian
We have a hadith from the infallible Imam that our enemies are from among the fools. Agha Panahian...

Our Enemies are Fools | Agha Alireza Panahian
We have a hadith from the infallible Imam that our enemies are from among the fools. Agha Panahian explains this phenomenon in today\'s context and the logical & rational slogan of #DeathToAmerica.

Does the Muslim Ummah, or at least the Shias of Ahl al-Bayt (A) celebrate the Eid of Mubahila the way it should be? It is the victory of...

Does the Muslim Ummah, or at least the Shias of Ahl al-Bayt (A) celebrate the Eid of Mubahila the way it should be? It is the victory of Islam over Kufr. It is hard to say that such an event would reoccur even after the reappearance of Imam Mahdi (A).

The Secret behind the Special Status of Hazrat Abu al-Fazl al-Abbas (\'a)
Everything for Aba Abdullah al-Husayn (âa) in Karbala was Abbas. Does a person become like this because his hand is cut off? No! Where a person is struck isnât what makes a difference. A personâs body strength isnât what makes a difference. What is it that separates Aba al-Fazl al-Abbas from the rest so much? Intention!
âAnd I will fight with whoever fights with you.â He was thinking about the world. Do you know what Abbasâs intention was that he reached to this height? Saving the entire world! He didnât want less than this.
He was standing with Imam Husayn (âa) and he saw 72 helpers, a few tents, and 30,000 enemies. But, he was thinking about the world, about humankind. He was big. It is not unlikely that on the day of Ashura he was thinking about Imam Mahdiâs (âa.j.) reappearance. He wasnât caught up with small problems.
Look at a part of Aba al-Fazl al-Abbasâs intention. It is obvious that even if we are martyred we will not reach to this point. It is very difficult for a person to have worked on correcting his intention this much. The only person who asked Imam Husayn (âa) in this way to enter the battlefield was Aba al-Fazl al-Abbas (âa). He said, âMy Master, Iâm tired of these hypocrites. Give me permission to go and take revenge.â
You should always have this intention of destroying the enemies of religion somewhere in your heart. Yah! If I could destroy them. Yah! I wish I could strike them hard, O God! Having this intention against them is very purifying and uplifting. See how much the Imamâs (âa) enemies are cursed in the Ashura Supplication? Why should we just send our greetings upon the Imam (âa) with much feeling? âAnd I will fight with whoever fights with you.â (Ashura Supplication)
Do you know what Abal Fazl al-Abbasâs intention was that he reached this level? Saving the entire world. Hating the enemies. This should be a part of our intention.
You have probably heard that tradition about Imam Javad (âa). He would pound his fist on the ground and say, âIâll kill and burn.â He was asked, âWhat? Who? What are you doing? Where are you now?â He said, âThe one who came and burned the door of the house of our mother, Fatimah Zahra (âa).â This means that our mother was pressed between the door and the wall, and thought, âMy sad story will reach my children. The hatred of my enemies will enter their hearts, and they will grow.â What an expense was made for your luminous hearts between the door and the wall. Whoever comes to the Bani Hashim Alley and sees the burned door, wonât leave this alley anymore.
A tradition says, âIf a person doesnât wish to kill the enemies (of Islam) with his sword someday, and he dies, he has died with a kind of hypocrisy.â âIf a person is not in the battlefield, or he doesnât read the tradition about holy war for himself, he will leave this world with a kind of hypocrisy.â (Sahih Muslim, vol. 3, p. 1,517)

Have you looked at Ashura from this angle before
Agha Ali Raza Panahiyan
A cartoonist suddenly changes how you look at a phenomenon. A graphic...

Have you looked at Ashura from this angle before
Agha Ali Raza Panahiyan
A cartoonist suddenly changes how you look at a phenomenon. A graphic artist changes your outlook all at once. A painter changes your outlook all at once. A photographer changes your outlook all at once. A filmmaker or a maker of documentaries change it in another way.
Before artists have a talent in expressing something, painting, or drawing, they have a talent in how they choose to look at things. These eulogies that you enjoy give you a way of looking and say, âLook from this angle.â You cry and enjoy it. The readers of eulogies and those who read very nice poemsâŠ
Have you seen their way of looking at these scenes? What beautiful ways there are of looking at these things, which havenât been used yet. We are so dependent upon art to change our outlook and to help us find a correct outlook. It is very important how artists look at tragedies. Beauty is created from this. Actually, what makes an artist powerful in conveying his or her own view to others is his or her outlook. Sometimes that outlook itself makes a person an artist.
How do you look at Hazrat Sakinah (âa)? Have you seen that some girls are like this that they are very cheerful, articulate, honest and frank, even though the people around them may be bothered by what they say. They are very inquisitive and restless. They canât stop themselves from saying what they want. They bring cheer to any meeting. At any gathering, without doing anything bad, they make the gathering warmer.
Hazrat Sakinah (âa) is the one, who called out when Imam Husayn (âa) was near the Alqamah Stream, âWhere is my uncle Abbas?â Hazrat Sakinah (âa) is the one, who called out, âCome down Dad,â when he wanted to go. I think the older people were biting their lips and thinking, âSakinah donât say that and donât break your fatherâs heart.â She said directly, âDad, can you take us to Medina first and then go into the battlefield?â
Sakinah is the one who came to her aunt Zaynab and said, âAuntie, whose body is this that you are talking to?â Sakinah talked with her father in such a way that Husaynâs cut throat began to answer her. This girl canât be quieted. Sakinah is a busy, cheerful, active girl.
From what time on was there no longer any news from her? She had this vibrancy all along the way. They whipped this girl so much that they made her quiet. The other women would hide this vibrant girl in the beginning so that these dishonourable men wouldnât notice this vibrant girl. I think she changed when three-year-old Ruqayah left this world from the ruins. Sakinah, who helped with the children very much, wasnât seen to be cheerful anymore.
How do you look at Hazrat Sakinah? She was the vibrant girl whom they made quiet and depressed. I havenât given you any new information! But, when you put these next to each other, you say, âYes, thatâs true!â
What an opportunity these artists have! How they can play with peopleâs way of seeing things. This is their job, if they want to and have the ability. If they have a correct outlook, and then God gives them the talent, they can change your and my outlook.
There are still opportunities for new stories to be told about Karbala. There are still opportunities for new images to be drawn about Karbala.

A Eulogy for Women
Iâll read a few eulogies for women. Men, you shout too. Women, when you reach Karbala, donât go forward if itâs...

A Eulogy for Women
Iâll read a few eulogies for women. Men, you shout too. Women, when you reach Karbala, donât go forward if itâs crowded. Imam Husayn (âa) is not satisfied with women being bothered. Men, take care of your women so that they donât get lost and have to look around for you. Women, when you reach Karbala, say, âFirstly, Imam Iâm ashamed that I wasnât in Karbala to help you.â
Say this sincerely, not the way I said it. Weep and say it. I swear to God if you say this sincerely, theyâll write your name among Husaynâs (âa) helpers on Ashura! Say, âSecondly, Iâve come to help the Imam of my Time. Imam accept this from me!â
Women, when you reach Karbala, say Salam (send greetings) to the Imam and Hazrat Zaynab. Then say, âWe feel ashamed. We were respected when coming. No one took off our veil. No one whipped us for mourning for Husayn (âa). We only saw respect.â
Some of you have probably come with your families, and the women are listening too. Itâs fine if some stand with their families and take a photo. Fine. Have fun. But, remember there was a man who fell to the ground here, and his family was taken captive. Remember this!
I donât know how some people can put their arm on their brotherâs shoulders Bayn al-Haramayn (between the shrines) facing the shrine of Abu al-Fazl and say, âI want to take a photo here.â Fine. Have fun! But, in this place a brother lost his brother and said, âNow, my back has broken!â Remember this too.
Women, when you reach Karbala, say Salam to Hazrat Zaynab. Then say, âWe feel ashamed. We were respected when coming. No one took off our veil.â
Cry on the way. When you reach Karbala, these tears will have given dignity to you. When you are there, be drowned in thinking of helping Godâs religion and ask Imam Mahdi (âa.j.) to accept your help.

What does Islam expect from us? Do we all need to nurture managerial and leadership skills? But then all will be leaders; who will follow? This...

What does Islam expect from us? Do we all need to nurture managerial and leadership skills? But then all will be leaders; who will follow? This deadlock gets resolved when we look at the Sacred Defense. This is how the society can achieve salvation.

A very inspirational clip that addresses a very basic dilemma of our lives - are we dead or alive? How is my life different than disbelievers? Am I...

A very inspirational clip that addresses a very basic dilemma of our lives - are we dead or alive? How is my life different than disbelievers? Am I enjoying my life or not? What would it take for us to get to that real life? How do I get started? It must be really hard..! Correct?! Let\'s take help from Mawla Imam Ali (A) - Ya Ali Madad - and listen to his words.
This is one of the masterpiece of Agha Panahian. Don\'t miss. These 10 minutes may change your life.

Iran is one of the few countries in the world that will remain immune from a worldwide financial downturn despite having economic problems of its...

Iran is one of the few countries in the world that will remain immune from a worldwide financial downturn despite having economic problems of its own. Al Jazeera Alireza Ronaghi reports from Tehran where the people are shielding from the global economic crisis.

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